{"id":2183,"date":"2013-03-16T09:00:32","date_gmt":"2013-03-16T16:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/?p=2183"},"modified":"2013-03-15T22:10:21","modified_gmt":"2013-03-16T05:10:21","slug":"this-day-in-ann-dvorak-history-love-is-a-racket-wraps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.anndvorak.com\/cms\/this-day-in-ann-dvorak-history-love-is-a-racket-wraps\/","title":{"rendered":"This Day in Ann Dvorak History: “Love is a Racket” Wraps"},"content":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 75<\/h3>\n

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On March 16,1932, Ann Dvorak finished filming on Love is a Racket<\/strong>.<\/a> The day ended a bit earlier than usual which allowed Ann some time for an interview with a writer from one of the film magazines who noted that the young actress seemed very jittery. After the interview, Ann went clothes shopping before heading home to the apartment she shared with her mother.<\/p>\n

Ann’s role in Love is a Racket <\/strong><\/a>was kind of a let down compared to the more substantial parts she had recently played in\u00c2\u00a0Scarface<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00c2\u00a0The Strange Love of Mol<\/strong>ly Louvain<\/strong><\/a>. Even though her character has way less screen time than Francis Dee, who plays the main love interest, Ann still got higher billing. This was because at the time, Ann was still under contract to Howard Hughes who had agreed to let Warner Bros. borrow her exclusively for six months. This also meant that Hughes was dictating Ann’s billing as part of the agreement.<\/p>\n

Perhaps Ann should have been concerned with Warner Bros. casting her in such a small role following Molly Louvain<\/a>.<\/strong> However, she had other things on her mind…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Year of Ann Dvorak: Day 75 On March 16,1932, Ann Dvorak finished filming on Love is a Racket. The day ended a bit earlier than usual which allowed Ann some time for an interview with a writer from one of the film magazines who noted that the young actress seemed very jittery. After the interview, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-this-day-in-history"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t